I’m the Villain, So I Choose to Give Up

As soon as Chen Changying transmigrated, he learned that he was destined to be a great villain, fated to become a whetstone and stepping-stone for all kinds of protagonists.

Three System options appeared before him.

[Option One: The Villain's Rise. Starting today, strive to enter the Spirit Tempering Pool and endure the agony of ten thousand arrows piercing your heart and the excruciating pain of flesh cut to the bone. Completion reward: Heavenly Spirit Root, cultivating several times faster than ordinary cultivators]

[Option Two: Lie Low for Now. Apologize to the protagonist, voluntarily give up resources, and help him pursue Junior Sister Jiang Hongli. Completion reward: Profound Mystery Force, one Earth-grade cultivation technique]

[Option Three: Let things run their course and keep pestering Jiang Hongli for ten minutes. Completion reward: +1 random attribute point]

Was there even a question?

Chen Changying picked Option Three and went straight into slacking off.

But somehow, things didn't seem to be going as expected.

Why was Junior Sister Jiang, who should have hated me to the bone, actually helping cover for me?

Several years later...

While the protagonists came and went, Chen Changying, the villain, was somehow still around.